Bloomberg Businessweek does not need a paywall, does need iPad app
David Kaplan of PaidContent.org interviewed Bloomberg Businessweek president Paul Bascobert, who was recently put in charge of all of Bloomberg’s consumer news operations. Andrews writes, “The magazine is currently readying its iPad app, which is scheduled to be released sometime in the next few weeks. Bascobert demurred on offering up specifics about the app. ‘There’s […]
Bloomberg and corporate responsibility data
Paul Tullis of Fast Company writes about the initiative to add environmental sustainability data of companies to the Bloomberg terminal. Tullis writes, “Ravenel used this kind of argument to persuade Bloomberg to add ESG data to its terminals. His team spent countless hours assembling and entering data into the system (often by hand) before going […]
Covering — or not covering — the GE tax story
Paul Farhi of the Washington Post writes Wednesday about how NBC Nightly News did not cover the story that one of its parent companies, General Electric, paid no federal taxes last year. Farhi writes, “Ignoring stories about its parent company’s activities is ‘part of a troubling pattern’ for NBC News, said Peter Hart, a director […]
Federal Reserve to release documents to biz media on Thursday
The Federal Reserve Bank is set to release Thursday information about what banks borrowed money, and how much, during the height of the financial crisis in 2008, reports Dunstan Prial of Fox Business Network. Bloomberg News and Fox Business sued for the release of the documents. Prial writes, “But Fox Business and Bloomberg News argued […]
Detroit paper hires biz reporter from Sarasota
Randy Essex, the deputy managing editor of business and civic affairs at the Detroit Free Press, sent out the following staff hire announcement: Aaron Kessler, a reporter with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, will become our Washington Bureau reporter focused on the auto industry. Aaron moves from covering Florida’s biggest business story, real estate, to covering Detroit’s […]
Slow job growth in business journalism
Just one out of five business news operations plan to add staffers in 2011, while one out of 12 are cutting positions this year, according to an informal survey of business journalists conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Of the newsrooms that are hiring, 75 percent plan to add just one […]
Computer Weekly sold, will shut print operations
Computer Weekly has been sold to TechTarget Inc., which plans to end its print edition next month. An Associated Press story states, “The acquisition from Reed Business Information Ltd. also includes Computer Weekly affiliate, MicroScope. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. “The deal announced Monday signals the end of Computer Weekly and MicroScope in print. TechTarget said […]
Dow Jones Investment Banker names new DME
Rick Stine, senior editor for innovations at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: As Dow Jones Investment Banker approaches its two-year anniversary, it makes sense for us to reposition and strengthen our management structure to allow for the creation of even more and better idea-generating columns as well as sharpen our […]
USA Today biz reporter hired for Deadline Hollywood
David Lieberman, who has covered the media business for USA Today, has been hired to be executive editor at Deadline Hollywood. Lieberman will be based in New York and report about corporate finance, technological convergence, and the digital revolution as part of a major expansion of Deadline’s journalism about the media and entertainment business. Lieberman will […]
Dayton Biz Journal names new publisher
Carol Clark has been promoted to publisher of the Dayton Business Journal. She replaces Neil Arthur, who has decided to pursue opportunities outside the company. A story on the paper’s site states, “Clark has been advertising director in Dayton since January, 2008. With more than 20 years in the media industry, she has led advertising […]
